Journal of the American Dental Association, Vol 120, Issue 1, 37-40
Copyright © 1990 by American Dental Association
Microconservative restorations for approximal carious lesions
PR Hunt
University of Pennsylvania, School of Dental Medicine.
The availability of new restorative materials such as glass ionomers, which have an anticaries action, prompts a reevaluation of some of the basic principles of restorative dentistry. It seems that conventional methods of treating the approximal carious lesion are too radical and that microconservative techniques offer a simpler, more effective solution when correctly applied.